Shirt



(No Model.)

I. B. KELLER.

SHIRT.

Patented' May 4, 1886.

UNITED STATns PATENT Ormea.

ISAAC B. KELLER, OF `LEBANON, PENNSYLVINIA.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 341,017, dated May 4,1886.

Application tiled December 12, 1885. Serial N0.1S5,506. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern,.-

Be it known that I, Isaac B. KELLER, a citizen of the United States,residing at Lebanon, in the county of LebanonV and State ofPennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inShirts; and I do hereby declare that the following is a full, clear, andexact description of the same, reference being had to the annexeddrawings, making a part of this specification, and to the letters andfigures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 of the drawings is a back view` of a shirt made in conformitywith my invention. Fig. 2 is a similar View with the sleeves andcollar-band removed, and the lap-over and one of the back yoke-sectionspartly broken away; Fig. 3, a sectional view,on an enlarged scale, takenon line x x of Fig. 1.; Fig. 4c, a sectional view, on an enlarged scale,taken on line y y; Fig. 5, detail views of the several strips formingthe lap-over and joining-pieces; Fig. 6, a similar view of one of theinside yoke sections," and Fig. 7 a detail view of one of the extensionre-enforcement yoke-sections.

The present invention has relation to certain new and usefulimprovements in shirts; and the object thereof is to provide meanswhereby the shirt is materially increased in strength around theshoulders or yoke, and insure its fitting much nicer, as well as morecomfortable to the wearer. rIhese objects I attain by the constructionsubstantially as shown in the drawings, and hereinafter described andclaimed.

In the accompanying drawings, A represents the body of the shirt, and Bthe sleeves thereof.

To the upper or shoulder portions of the back oi' the shirt'are securedby stitching, in

"the ordinary manner, yoke-sections C, of the form shown in Fig. 6, eachsection extending across the back of the shirt from the slit or openingtherein to the sleeve, where it joins the body at the shoulders. Overthese sections C are secured by stitching re-enforce sections D, of theform shown in Fig. 7 ,which also extend across the back of the shirt anddown to the armpits thereof, being stitched into the sleeve-holes withthe sleeve. The neckband a is provided with a button-hole, b, as is alsothe re-enforce section immediately above the lap-over, as shown at c, inorder to well secure the back of shirt from gaping. The lap-overconsists oi three distinct pieces or sections, combined and attached asfollows, viz: The left side of the slit or opening in the back of theshirt is secured the joining piece or strip E along its straightedge,which forms the lap-over, and which is strengthened by stitching onthe outside of strip E a lapover st rip, F,thereby securingutility,strength,

l and durability, a protection-piece, d, secured transversely across thelower end of the lapover strip F, resisting the possibilityof tearingdown the bacleopening This protection piece or stay d, I lay no claim toin the present application, as it forms the subject of an applicationtiled April 8, 1886, Serial No. 198,181.

That portion of the shirt-back coming upon theinner side of the slit oropening has stitched to its edge the strip Gr, which, together with thestrips E F, forms a perfect lapover,which, when buttoned at b c,willprevent the opening in the back from gaping.

rIhe strip E, which forms the joining-piece to the left edge of the slitin the shirt-back,

serves as a foundation or inside lining to the lapovcr strip F when thelatter is stitched to its place.

The addition oi' the inner yoke-section, C, and revenforce D, secured toand over the inner section, form together a strong reeni`orcementunderneath and back of the arms, thus rendering the shirt more durable,nicer fitting, and in every way superior tothe shirts in ordinary use.

I am aware that it is common to provide a shirt in which a portion ofthe sleeve material extends up to the eollarband; also that it is notnew to extend a yoke portion out to the armhole of the shirt. Myinvention differs from either or both of these constructions. I providea shirt with a yoke, C. In addition to the body A and yoke C, I providea re-enforce, D, which covers the yoke and extends over the outsidethereof to the armhole, and is sewed in with the sleeve. It also extendsdown over a portion of the body A to the armpit.

NVhat I claim as new islThe shirt'described, consisting of the body IOOA and yoke G arranged as shown7 and the reenforee D, extending from thecollar-band to the sleeve-hole exterior to the yoke and stitched in withboth collar-band and sleeve, a portion of the re-enforoe extending overthe body A and along the armpit, and the Whole arranged to serve as setforth.

In testimony that I Claim the above I have hereunto subscribed my namein the presence of two witnesses.

ISAAC B. KELLER.

Vitnesses:

P. H. REINHARD, LEWIS REHR.

